Clocker vs The Widow's Boutique
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clocker
A puzzle game where you control two characters in turns to solve time-based puzzles and advance a heartwarming story. Explore unique time mechanics and a hand-drawn art style in this adventure.
- Dual protagonists narrative
- Time pause mechanics
- Timeline manipulation
- Complex logic framework
- Artistic hand-drawn style
- Heart-warming plot
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Clocker is a puzzle game about time. It stages a story between a father and daughter using a dual protagonists technique. By controlling two individual characters in turn, you will gradually solve puzzles, push forward the timeline and the adventure. The game features unique time mechanisms, an artistic hand-drawn sketchy style, thought-provoking puzzles and a heart-warming plot. A vexing and thrilling adventure awaits you! - Dual protagonists narrative Control Father and Daughter separately to experience the complete plot from different perspectives. - Time pause! Father's mysterious pocket watch is able to move throughout other characters' timelines in order acheive his ultimate motive, as a result changing the entire world. - Where's the Father? Daughter's power can resume the twisted timelines, trace the clues and help her to find her Father. - Large and complex logic framework! Each NPC has their logical structure. Every single change of the timeline will influence the entire plot. - Unique and delicate artistic style The combination of 2D and 3D techniques illustrates a lifelike virtual world filled with characters that pop off of the screen and interact in detailed settings and backgrounds. Color plays a major role as different tones and shades represent time in various ways for an additional aesthetic experience.
The Widow's Boutique
Experience a historically accurate visual novel set in 1820s Norway. Navigate social circles, manage a business, and make choices that impact your standing and survival in a world of drama and danger.
- Historically accurate 1820s setting
- Engaging visual novel gameplay
- Social navigation and relationship building
- Business management and economic challenges
- Choice-driven narrative with consequences
- Explore exciting locations and meet characters
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This is the expanded and translated version of Fru Sems valg, the Norwegian visual novel which won three game awards at Spillprisen 2022. Step into a small town society of the 1820s in this historically accurate visual novel, filled with drama, dresses and danger! You are Mrs. Sem, recently widowed and back on the social scene of Christiania (today Oslo), a small town like any other on the outskirts of Europe in the 1820s. Making your way back into society you can explore exciting locations and meet the people in town! Go to balls, concerts and socialize. You gain social standing through your interactions with the romantic interests and the people you meet in town. Go on dates and promenades, and maybe you'll even find a proposal or two in your mail. Remember to hold your friends close but your enemies closer... Having inherited a drapery business from your late husband, you must maneuver prejudice as well as the challenging economic times. This is where you earn money by providing expert advice to your costumers on textiles, fashion and sewing techniques. Will you import goods legally or do you choose to smuggle? And are you woman enough to face the consequences of your choices?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Widow's Boutique at 100% against Clocker's 24%. The Widow's Boutique also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Clocker's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 19 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Clocker costs $2.99 and The Widow's Boutique $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Widow's Boutique holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Clocker's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Widow's Boutique's.
Clocker ships an update every 5 months, The Widow's Boutique every 19 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Clocker | The Widow's Boutique |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.8 GB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Game Mirror Intelligent Technology CO.,Ltd | Tidvis AS |
Customer experience
Clocker
The Widow's Boutique
In-app purchases
Clocker
No in-app purchases
The Widow's Boutique
No in-app purchases
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